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Chemo is Over
Hi all, Just celebrating the end of my chemo rounds last Friday, yay!!! I had 3 rounds of FEC and 3 rounds of Docetaxel. I had a variety of side effects at different times and 4 days past the last round, I'm still feeling a bit tired and sore. Overall I am not not feeling too bad all things considered, and my hair has…
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Back at work
Hi All, Just a quick update to let you all know that I have managed to be back at work for a little over a month now and am feeling a lot better mentally for it. I am so grateful for having caring and understanding bosses & work colleagues who are supporting me through my journey as only yesterday we buried my best friends…
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Finding support from those around us
The latest issue of the 'Active and well e-newsletter is now available to download :-) This issue focuses on finding support from the people around us. We know that when people feel supported they are generally more likely to sustain positive changes to their health and wellbeing. * Download the latest e-newsletter
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The Ups and Downs
Today…. I feel… I don’t even know how to feel For people close to me, they know my personal battles I have also faced, and today it all just feels too much. Being new to a country town it is difficult. My Family is not very close. I have family here but out of the 3 only 1 will speak to me. that is just over stupid shit…
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First chemo
Hi I'm Linn. I was diagnosed 2mnths ago and have been on a Rollercoaster ride since.. After a single mastectomy I had my first chemo treatment on Thursday 28th. I'm goin well with side effects so far! Maybe they will hit my later! The only thing that Annoying me is the flu like aches and pains.. They are driving me nuts.…
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I went back to gym
It's 3 weeks tomorrow since my op and I did my first spin (cycle) class today. I took it easier than normal but was pleasantly surprised with what I could do. The most uncomfortable part was turning the dial to change the resistance. During the last track I had to slow down a little as there was a lot of climbing and I was…
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For the record - the wig look
Photo taken late September in South Africa at the cheetah project with my daughter who helped raise these cubs while she was a tour guide/ranger in Nambiti Reserve.
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It's been so long!
Wow, it has been nearly a year since I have written in my blog, and now over two years since my diagnosis, and so much has happened! I have now had three surgeries on my left breast as each surgery has been no good! The breast either ended up to big, too small, too wide - you name it! I have therefore decided to switch…
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Always in Fear
I sit here in tears, frightened…. Scared My right breast has been on and off in pain for the past few weeks. I only recently had an MRI and it came up clear… But it doesn’t stop my mind from assuming the worst This is the fear I have lived for so many years. You feel like a ticking time bomb. One little lump or pain sends…
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A Pledge...
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Wigless
Hi Ladies, haven't been on the site for a while, not on a regular basis anyway. Well, my doctor didn't clear me for work earlier this month because of my brain still being a bit foggy. I blamed Armidex but apparently it's leftover from chemo and it is clearing somewhat now with exercise and doing puzzles etc. I was getting…
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Some Wounds Go Deeper
I’ve been looking at the mastectomy wounds on my chest today, wishing they would heal. I’ve been thinking that I want to get back to my life, back to being healthy, back to normal. But what is normal? Things are never going to be the way they were before I was told I had cancer. I was a cop for twenty years so I saw more…
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Countdown is on - the end of chemo
I'm finally nearing the end of my chemo only 4 weeks left gone and dusted it's been quite a experience meet lovely nurses at redcliffe hospital I will still have my 3 weekly herception there though so they haven't got rid of me just yet. Have my appointment with my radiologist soon still haven't been given a appointment…
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Pinkmoves session in Melbourne
We need your help - Can you or someone you know attend a fitness instructor education session on Monday in Ascot Vale, Melbourne? We are look for women to attend this session to help inform the development of Pinkmoves - a new gentle exercise program for women with breast cancer. Pinkmoves is part of BCNA's Active and Well…
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Ups and Downs
After an amazingly productive weekend fixing the reticulation, wiring up the raspberries, making cheese and building two new coldframes, I convinced myself that now my chemotherapy has been simplified to Herceptin only, I am past the fatigue and other unpleasant symptoms. Then I had my Herceptin treatment on Monday and by…